Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-05-01
OUR CLAIMS.
Hon. george w. Knox vindicates
Our claim to supremacy.


The Oakland Enquirer publishes an
interview with Assemblyman Knox, in
which the merits of our climate are ably
contrasted With that Of the northern
counties. We here give the interview;
''What do you consider the essential
advantages, IL any, of the southern part
of the State over the northernf"
.sMainly climatic, for the soil OF the
northern portion Of the State is equal to
any in the world. Bat there are eli.
matte disadvantages in Northern Cali.
forpia that cannot be overcome. The
snowelad tops Of the Sierra Nevada
mountains in the winter months I ro.
duces chill in the atmosphere OF the
entire Sacramento valley. Tbs is sufii-
cient to render it uncomfortable, to say
the least, to an invalid, while in June,
July aud August the heat is so c0ntinu-
Gus as to be exhaustive of strength. In
San Francisco aud Olkland the atmos-
phere is so cool, owing to proximity to
the ocean, that many invslids and many
who are not inyalids cannot live there in
comfort. | am not an invalid, yet nithin
twenty.four hours after get into either
city experience catarrh trouble that
lasts until leave, and get further from
the ocean. Los Angeles has a very
much miider climate, and the human
system is not sosubjsct TO Chi !, or 20 the
lowering OF the bodily temperature, or
to bodily disturbance by reason thereof.
The mountains are not so clothed with
snow, hence the atmoslhlre i nat chilly
or uncomfortable. People living ia North.
ern California seem to think the c ina c
OF the mort hefn part at the
State il as genial as that OF
Southern California, but il is mis-.
take, as any one who has residsd in
both parts will readily admit. Ia sum
mer the winds fcom the te' an ll1w re-
freshingly over Los Angeles, and any
suffering from heat is prsVen.ei, al
though there are usually three or four
weeks OF hot weather in JGis; the
nights at this time, however, ars cool
and delightful. But ony Inconvenience
from the heat at any time can he readily
avoided by the invalid going to the sea-
side at Santa Monica, only sixteen miles
away, or Long Beach twenty two miles
away. The water at either OF these
places is warm enough for sea bathing
any day 10 the year..
"What do you mink OF the relatiNe
attractions OF Los Angeles, Oakland and
other cities, especially with reference to
Eastern people of means ?"
II regard the attractions to the
wealthy homeseeker ss incomparably
superior at Los Angeles to those of any
other city in the State. The people who
come here, or, in fact, to this State, are
not in search of city life. If they want
the life, activity. aud excitement of the
large cities they would not leave the
large Eastern cities to come to California.
They are willing to abandon all this for
reposs and comfort with health and
home. They can have all this and also
the educational and social advantages
desirable at Los Angeles, while the pc
culiar climatic advantages are not
equaled in Spain, Italy, Egypt, or
elsewhere in California The noun
tain ranges known as the Sierra
Madre, running from the coast
eastwardly toward San Beruardinc, and
Immediately north of Los Angeles, slut
OFF the north winds and give perennial
mildness and languor to the atmosphere
that is unknown elsewhere in the State.
A three months residence in Oakland Or
any other city in Northern California
will convince any one that this state
n.aut Ia absolutely truan